apostrophize
verb (used with object)
to address by apostrophe.
apostrophise
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a variation of
apostrophize.
Example Sentences
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Thus it is that we see him rising on his pedals as he nears the top of some high hill to apostrophise the sun, or address poetry to the surrounding scenery.
From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
There is something very pleasant in coming across a poet who can apostrophise Byron as transcendent star That gems the firmament of poesy, and can speak of Longfellow as a ‘mighty Titan.’
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
He didn't apostrophise it, for he was no great scholar.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
What wonder then that she should lyrically apostrophise "The Wink" in laudatory numbers?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 by Various
Dolly's size, and her tenderness on one's knee, were, so to speak, audible in the voice that became tender to apostrophise her.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
